cate above, much exceeding the inflorescence. Peduncles 
5 mm. long, faseiculate, in the axil of the leat, subtended 
by closely appressed sheaths. lowers opening in succes- 
sion, only one present ata time. Lateral sepals spreading, 
4.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, acute or 
subacute, 8-nerved. Dorsal sepal similar. Petals 4 mm. 
long, 1.5 mm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3- 
nerved. Labellum 3 mm. long, 8-lobed; lateral lobes 1.5 
mm. long, .5 mm. wide, erect and porrect, faleate, sub- 
acute or obtuse; middle lobe 2 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 
quadrate-oblong, tridentate at the apex with the lateral 
teeth rounded and the middle one acute; dise bicarinate 
at base. Column produced at base forming a distinet foot, 
about 1.5 mm. long, 
Rereusiic or Honvuras, Department of Cortez, Kl] Jaral, Lake 
Yojoa. Epiphyte in dense tropical forest, 2,000 feet altitude. Sepals, 
petals and lip lemon yellow: column white. October 29, 1982. J. B. 
“dwards 304. (Tver in Herb. Ames No. 39043). 
ILtusrrRatTiOoN: Plant drawn natural size from dried specimens. 
Flower much enlarged (at right). Labellum much enlarged (at left). 
THE HONDURAN SPECIES OF LEPANTHES 
BY 
OAKES AMES 
THREE SPECIES of Lepanthes are now known to be 
natives of the Republic of Honduras; L. hondurensis 
Ames, published in 1931, L. turtalvae Reichb.t., recently 
collected by J. B. Edwards; and L. Mdwardsu, which 
is described below 
Lepanthes hondurensis A mes in Proc. Biol. Soc. 
Wash. 44 (1981) 43. This species is related to L.. appen- 
diculata Ames, a Guatemalan plant, but is larger with 
differences in the structure of the labellum. ‘The flowers 
